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Date
c. 1920
Material
feathers; fibre; glass; hair
Catalogue Number
103.09.3009
Description
Loom-beaded white browband with green, orange, and dark red diagonal stripes. Light eagle feathers with dark tips and white down attached to tips. Feathers wrapped with green and yellow yarn at base. Purple and red ribbon streamers and ermine at each end of browband. Tag: "Silas Abraham. war bonn…
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Title
War Bonnet Headdress
Date
c. 1920
Material
feathers; fibre; glass; hair
Description
Loom-beaded white browband with green, orange, and dark red diagonal stripes. Light eagle feathers with dark tips and white down attached to tips. Feathers wrapped with green and yellow yarn at base. Purple and red ribbon streamers and ermine at each end of browband. Tag: "Silas Abraham. war bonnet and old eagle hat. Belongs to CRW"
Subject
Indigenous, Stoney
crafts
beadwork
regalia
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.3009
Images
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Date
prior to 1930
Material
feathers; skin; hair; fibre; glass
Catalogue Number
103.09.3022
Description
Reddish orange and dark blue loom beaded band, sewn to hide, with orange beaded loops as hanging trim. Buckskin and green beaded feather streamers at each end of browband. Dark feathers, some striped, with dyed orange wavy hair (wool?) attached to tips. Yellow down bases with pink wrappings. Brow…
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Title
War Bonnet Headdress
Date
prior to 1930
Material
feathers; skin; hair; fibre; glass
Description
Reddish orange and dark blue loom beaded band, sewn to hide, with orange beaded loops as hanging trim. Buckskin and green beaded feather streamers at each end of browband. Dark feathers, some striped, with dyed orange wavy hair (wool?) attached to tips. Yellow down bases with pink wrappings. Brown felt skullcap.
Subject
Indigenous
beadwork
regalia
crafts
Stoney
Bearspaw
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.09.3022
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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